Urges Bill for Youth
Diocesan Press Service. March 11, 1963 [VIII-2]
NEW YORK, Presiding Bishop Lichtenberger recently sent a telegram to the majority and minority leaders of Congress welcoming the introduction in Congress of measures to provide new opportunities for the training and employment of the young people of the United States.
He said such measures are in keeping with the Church's belief in human welfare as a priority for our whole nations deserving nonpartisan support. The alarming rise in the school dropout rate, the present inability to provide jobs for young high school graduates, and the perennial pressure of juvenile delinquency all demand quick and energetic national action, Bishop Lichtenberger said.